Picris angustifolia ssp. angustifolia
Native Picris
Tufted annual or perennial herb, stems few-branched, covered in forked, hooked hairs, sap milky.
Additional information
- SynonymSeparated from Picris hieracioides
- FamilyAsteraceae
- StoreyLower storey
- Size7-140 cm high
- Plant groupingHerbs & Groundcovers <1m
- LeavesBasal leaves narrow to narrowly egg-shaped, stalked or stalkless, to 40 cm x 3.5 cm, with or without teeth. Few stem leaves, stalked near the base, stalkless above.
- Flower colourYellow
- Flowering timeOctober to April
- FlowersSlender terminal flowerhead to 8 mm wide. Bracts with 1-3 lines of hairs along midrib. Seed to 11 mm has a beak 2-7 mm long.
- Bird attractingNo
- Butterfly attractingNo
- Frog habitatNo
- Growing conditionsDryish to moist soils in grassy woodlands and open forest of the foothills and lowlands. Full sun to semi shade.
- Garden useA small daisy which lacks the ray florets.
- Commercially availableNever
- Conservation statusScattered in a range of communities within the Shire but becoming rare.
- Related speciesPicris angustifolia ssp. merxmuelleri is usually found above 700 m and probably occurs within the Shire. It has many stalkless stem leaves near the base of the stem and few above. Stout flowerhead of 1-40 flowers, to 10 mm wide. Bracts with 0-2 lines of hairs along midrib. Seed to 6 mm long has a beak less than 1 mm. Photos of both subspecies.
Photo Gallery
Photographer/s: 1-3 Jackie Miles, Royal Botanic Gardens Board ©; ssp. merxmuelleri 4, 5 Murray Fagg © Australian National Botanic Gardens
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